6-letter words containing yo
- payout — an act or instance of paying, expending, or disbursing.
- peyote — hallucinogen
- pinyon — piñon (def 1).
- polyol — an alcohol containing three or more hydroxyl groups; a polyhydric alcohol.
- pyosis — the formation of pus; suppuration.
- ronyon — a mangy creature.
- runyon — (Alfred) Damon [dey-muh n] /ˈdeɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1884–1946, U.S. journalist and short-story writer.
- ryokan — a traditional Japanese inn or small hotel whose floors are covered with tatami.
- sicyon — an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- solyom — Laszlo. born 1942, Hungarian politician, president of Hungary (2005–10)
- tamayo — Rufino [roo-fee-naw] /ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1991, Mexican painter.
- tempyo — of or relating to the period of Japanese art history, a.d. 725–794, characterized by the flowering of Buddhist architecture and statuary: combined T'ang Chinese influences and emerging native traits.
- thyone — Semele, as named by her son Dionysus when he took her from the underworld to Olympus.
- toyota — a city on S Honshu, in Japan.
- troyon — Constant [kawn-stahn] /kɔ̃ˈstɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1813–65, French painter.
- tryout — a trial or test to ascertain fitness for some purpose.
- unyoke — to free from or as if from a yoke.
- yocto- — one septillionth part of; the factor 10-24
- yodels — Plural form of yodel.
- yodled — Simple past tense and past participle of yodle.
- yogini — a woman who practices yoga.
- yogism — a school of Hindu philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation from the material world and union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.
- yogurt — a prepared food having the consistency of custard, made from milk curdled by the action of cultures, sometimes sweetened or flavored.
- yoicks — Used by fox hunters to urge on the hounds.
- yokels — Plural form of yokel.
- yoking — a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1).
- yokuts — a member of a North American Indian group of small tribes speaking related dialects and occupying the San Joaquin Valley of California and the adjoining eastern foothill regions. Nearly all the Valley Yokuts are extinct; some foothill groups remain.
- yolked — the yellow and principal substance of an egg, as distinguished from the white.
- yomped — Simple past tense and past participle of yomp.
- yonder — being in that place or over there; being that or those over there: That road yonder is the one to take.
- yonker — Obsolete spelling of younker.
- yonnie — a stone
- yonsei — The fourth generation or great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants, particularly in North America and in Latin America.
- yoohoo — Used to get attention.
- yorked — Simple past tense and past participle of york.
- yorker — (cricket) a ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease.
- yorkie — Yorkshire terrier.
- yoruba — a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
- yotta- — one septillion; the factor 1024
- you'll — You'll is the usual spoken form of 'you will'.
- you're — You're is the usual spoken form of 'you are'.
- you've — You've is the usual spoken form of 'you have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- youkai — Alt form yokai.
- youlou — Fulbert [foo l-bert] /ˈfʊl bərt/ (Show IPA), 1917–72, African political leader: president of the Republic of Congo (now People's Republic of the Congo) 1959–63.
- younge — Obsolete spelling of young.
- youngs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of young.
- youths — the condition of being young.
- yowled — Simple past tense and past participle of yowl.
- yowler — a person who yowls; a howler.
- yowley — the yellowhammer passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella